[aisle] Biography Section updates

[Wagoner, Benjamin]

We felt that if we created categories for our biographies that matched
common themes that the English classes use it would support what our
students are looking for at the moment.

Here are our categories:
Arts
Historical Figures
Military/War
Music
Personal Struggle
Social Issues
Sports
STEM

When we did this, our circulation of biographies increased.  Good luck!

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:20 PM Mrs. Hamernick via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I changed all my bio call numbers to their dewey number based on topic.
> So all athletes are in the 700's, singers are in 600's, etc.  They are
> intermixed with the other nonfiction books, but have a yellow spine label,
> so students know that it's a biography.  I find this useful, as they
> typically know what area of nonfiction books they like to check out, so
> they can go to that area and now easily see the people associated with that
> topic.
>
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:15 PM Flaherty, Megan via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi collective library minds!
>>
>> I am in the process of heavily weeding our middle school non-fiction
>> section and have removed a lot of the biography books because they are
>> outdated and not circulating. I am brainstorming different ways to organize
>> the biography section in order to attract more students and make it more
>> user-friendly. I have thought of separating it into areas based on what
>> people are famous for (inventors, artists, government, sports) but would
>> love to hear other ideas. Anything you have done that has worked or are
>> thinking of?
>>
>> Thanks in advance and hope you are surviving/enjoying the snow today😊
>>
>> Megan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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